CAL Office for Research & Innovation (CORI)

ABOUT

CORI’S mission is to support CAL faculty research and innovation goals and efforts

WHY SHOULD I APPLY FOR FUNDING?

  • Enhances research & scholarship
  • Broadens your networks
  • Contributes to your tenure and promotion portfolio
  • Provides opportunities for collaboration and mentorship

HOW CAN CORI HELP?  WE CAN…

  • Provide info on internal funding opportunities
  • Help you look for $ for your research, travel, and writing
  • Provide you with examples of successful proposals
  • Help you draft a strategic plan/calendar for your research that also takes into account teaching and service responsibilitles
  • Identify potential internal and external funding opportunities for your research
  • Review proposals and provide feedback
  • Connect you with previous grantees and/or potential research partners
  • Support your writing via virtual writing spaces
  • Refer you as needed to other SDSU research resources and make introductions
  • Help you set up your Grants.gov account and Pivot account

NEED MORE INFO FROM CORI?

SDSU Internal Funding Opportunities

CAL Critical Thinking Grants 🕑

This program is encourages the examination and testing of propositions that lead to the creation of new knowledge. 
Deadline: FALL, SPRING
Award: One course release for such purposes as writing an article or book, or preparing a proposal for external funding. 

CAL Microgrants 💰

CAL Microgrants are small awards available to help defray expenses incurred for research assistance, fieldwork, equipment, travel to collections, and other items not covered by other university, college, or departmental sources. Does not cover conference travel or publishing fees. 
Deadline: FALL, SPRING
Award: $500 

CAL Dean’s Author Support Fund 💰

The Author Support Fund is available to assist full-time tenure-track/tenured faculty in publishing their work. 
No deadline: Funds are allocated on a rolling basis. 
Max award: $1,000

CAL Book Manuscript Development Program

These workshops offer assistance to tenure-track and tenured faculty in preparing scholarly book manuscripts. CAL will host up to three workshops for 2023-24 that provide constructive feedback on near-final manuscripts from two senior scholars selected by the author, with the aim of securing a publishing contract. This program supports CAL faculty members' research trajectories and career goals, including tenure and promotion.
No deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. 

CAL Interdisciplinary Research Clusters 💰

Designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty from at least 3 different departments/programs. Clusters can be thematic or focused on a central question. Priority given to proposals with potential to develop longer-term funding opportunities. 
Deadline: SPRING
Max award: $20,000

CAL Inclusive Pedagogy Grants 💰

Funding offered to develop curriculum, programming, and/or research to better achieve important diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racist work within academic units. These awards are intended to benefit a whole curriculum. 
Deadline: SPRING
Award: One course release OR up to $5,000 for books, supplies, meetings, speakers, consultants or other resources. 

Dean’s Fund Support for Colloquia, Lectures, and Special Programs 💰

CAL faculty members, centers, departments or institutes may request funds to support activities that advance the College’s scholarly, teaching and engagement mission (e.g. colloquium speakers, small workshops, conferences, support for undergraduate and/or graduate studies, etc.)
No deadline: Funds are allocated on a rolling basis.
Max award: $2,000

Established Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities (RSCA) grant program 💰

This program provides support for more significantly developed RSCA projects for which a faculty member is seeking extramural funding.
Applications will be taken on a rolling basis until funds for fiscal year are spent
Award:  $10K - $20K

The primary criteria used in evaluating applications for the RSCA award are as follows:

  • Relevance or merit of the proposal to the field of study
  • Appropriateness of the design and methodology
  • Scholarly record of applicant in the area of investigation
  • Likelihood of executing the plan within the assigned time period
  • Probability of leading to refereed publications, exhibitions, or performance
  • Likelihood of enhancing the probability of retention, tenure, and promotion
  • Likelihood of leading to extramural funding

All other evaluation factors being equal, there is a college-level preference for pre-tenure faculty and faculty working towards promotion.

SDSU Seed Grant Program 💰

Formerly called "University Grants Program (UGP)," the program provides funding for research, scholarship, and creative activities (RSCA) projects for Unit 3 faculty for new RSCA projects and areas of inquiry, allows faculty to bring ongoing projects to completion, and serves to facilitate the development of projects that are competitive for extramural funding.
Deadline: FALL

The primary criteria used in evaluating applications for funding are as follows:

  • Relevance or merit of the proposal to the field of study
  • Appropriateness of the design and methodology
  • Appropriateness of scope and budget
  • Expertise of the applicant in the area of investigation
  • Likelihood of executing the plan within the funding period
  • Probability of leading to refereed publications, exhibitions, or performances
  • Likelihood of enhancing the probability of retention, tenure, and promotion
  • Educational impact on students and nature of student involvement
  • Likelihood of obtaining extramural funding

Individuals who have received UPG funding in 3 ofthe past 5 years are ineligible to apply.